Make avatar 2.0 Great again!
This is the long overdue fitted mesh update as well as bento face and hand rigging. You can now adjust the shape of your legs, belly and butt to make your shape more juicy. You can also adjust some of the face sliders but not all of them work. Due to the changes to the shape of the head, both old and new avatar 2.0 users that use custom shapes, will need to readjust the size, spacing and depth of your eyes for compatibility.
- About the project -
The project began with a vision of, or more like, a necessity for a better second life avatar model, one that LL failed to provide us with, or even fix any of the major flaws of the current model for years. Now that mesh is a thing on SL, we finally have the power to make that vision a reality. The main purpose of the Avatar 2.0 project was to research and develop the best possible ways to model and rig the the second life avatar, as well as how to make it a true, functional, viable alternative to the painfully outdated system avatar. So that i could apply the things i learned to my future mesh avatars. Over the time lots of new features got added and problems fixed and we are now at version 1.14
- Whats New in 1.14 -
Huge update, avatar 2.0 now partially supports fitted mesh (the whole lower body bellow the waist) as well as bento rigging for the face (not all bento features are supported due to the way the game treats custom joint positions)
Huge improvements to render weight from 32K to just 4.8K (the render weight randomly fluctuates between higher and lower numbers because the whole render weight system is garbage) as well as script optimizations.
There are now 2 versions of the body, A and B. Version A is the normal version witch is 4.8k render weight, and the experimental version B with 2k render weight witch will not work for people running the game on ghetto graphics settings.
A bunch of new features implemented such as normal/specular map support, head customization options and other neat things.
All the existing clothing have been updated to work with this new version, rez your update cards.
- About the HUDs -
The Body HUD lets you easily show and hide different body parts for use with different mesh clothing, as well as easily customize your avatar.
- Press the "Advanced" button under the figure in the main part of the HUD to switch it to Advanced mode, from here you can select what you want to hide in more detail.
- Press the gear icon button to go to the options menu to customize your avatar.
- To load a custom texture onto the body, go to the options menu of the HUD, click ADD and enter the UUID of your texture based on the given example, submit it than click load under the texture preview window.
The Head HUD lets you change your face expressions, customize the head and eyes. It also has a few extra skin customization options that the body HUD doesnt have, such as setting specular maps.
- The L and R buttons on the main part of the HUD and in the options let you select with eye you control/customize.
- Press the gear icon button to go to the options menu to customize your head and avatar.
- The options menu lets you choose different eyebrow, eyelash, skin, lip textures or load custom textures on each of the head components as well as select or load your own specular maps onto the whole avatar.
- To load a custom texture onto the head or body, go to the options menu of the HUD, click ADD and enter the UUID of your texture based on the given example, submit it and it will load automatically.
- Bonus items -
The bonus item box will now contain the older versions of the avatar as well as the UV maps and skin textures for people interested in modding the avatar.
The script commands for hiding body parts and controlling the face expressions are included as well.
For content creators that would like to create clothing for Avatar 2.0, visit this link to get the dummy mesh. https://utilizator404.wordpress.com/downloads/
Always make backups before editing, if you forgot to make a copy and screwed up, use the update card to get a new copy.
- Known bugs -
Invisible LL avatar eyelashes will sometimes show up, messing with your eyes, wear a different alpha if that happens.
If you are having any other problems, please check with the included trouble shooter notecard before contacting me or my associates.
btw the hair in the image is called Robyn and its from a store called "truth"
- costomizable mesh body
- HUD
- mesh clothes
- 4 breast sizes and 12 skin tones
- hair not included
Why didn't I do this sooner
First off, thank you so much for providing this. Secondly, it's so beautiful and easy to work with. But, I only have one qualm with it so far.. the eyelids, I can't blink. xD Maybe in the future there'd be a way you could revise it so that scripted eyelashes/lids could blink.
Keep going I want to see where this goes! :D
Over all great
I agree with all of the positive reviews here. I just hope the versions in the future give you the ability to change the eye shape. Not everyone here wants big creepy anime eyes.
The next gen av
To be honest I think the SL avatar needs redesigning by now rather than using mesh as an addon because it ignores the base shape underneath in some ways, especially if it's not rigged. I understand it'd be a nightmare for LL to do it though because of all the marketplace stuff that'd then become extinct etc so this is definately the next best thing.
I'm glad this mesh avatar is gonna be the new default avatar for SL because it really is great. The body shape is really nice. At the moment the way things are you can adjust the skeleton but not the flesh if you know what I mean. For example I was able to make her shoulders slightly broader, her neck and arms very slightly longer and her hips slightly shorter. Then again I wasn't able to make her breasts, butt and calves slightly bigger which I would've done. It's just a personal taste thing though and the shape is very sexy as it is without being fussy.
I like the way a rigged mesh avatar like this one looks realistic in almost any position within reason unlike a standard avatar which looks realistic standing but looks more strange the more the position differs from standing if that makes sense.
The choice of 12 skins is good and she has a beautiful face in my opinion. The clothing supplied is nice and the HUD for hiding body parts so you can use other mesh clothing is very good.
Overall this is excellent, highly recommended and at only L$300 a total bargain. I doubt anyone would regret buying it. Thanks Utilizator. :)
I loooove it
I really like this and i will be using this avi for a long time, i love that you can hide the body parts so the avi can wear other mesh clothes. :D
Great
I can't believe this is cheaper than Anahi's avatar, this is a lot easier to use, love it.
Amazing!!
My goooood This It Really Amazing Loved it, L$ 300 Well Spent Amazing! ♥♥